Updating Your Res: Tip #1 - Use Big Words!

Ah, the resume!   Updating the ol res can be a time consuming and altogether debilitating endeavor.

1. What was the most important task I performed in my former position?

2. How should I word it?

3. Should I use the phrase "Responsible for" repeatedly or should I vary it up with more

active explanations of my former duties?

Firstly, you should strive to use the most complicated and sophisticated words in the English dictionary to demonstrate your intellect and expansive vocabulary. 

I like to use thesaurus.com when updating my resume.  It helps add some "spice,"some "flair," some "je ne se qua" to my formerly bland job descriptions.

It helps me change a relatively standard sentence like

"Responsible for making copies" 

into

"Culpable for begetting replications"

 

or

"Answered phone calls from angry consumers"

to

"Elucidated phone supplications from splenetic eaters"

And, my personal favorite

"Scheduling lunch reservations for my boss"

into

"Originating tiffin retainment for my chieftain"

You should try it!  You'll have potential employers calling in no time at all!  

Happy Hunting!  

~P